ThisIs50 Interview, 2008:

youtube.com/watch?v=FJU5iTTwqyM

Angela Yee – Lip Service: Nicki on stepping your pussy up and 5 possible alter characters (2009):

THE vlad.tv interview, 2009:

about: her label representation – youtube.com/watch?v=B9zZ6FWOsag

about: how she met Lil Wayne – youtube.com/watch?v=R49E6QSwuws

about: approaching Nicki Minaj – youtube.com/watch?v=bzdIcpo8XYc

about: business – youtube.com/watch?v=nPA7j2RKHII

about: inspiration – youtube.com/watch?v=jjNLBDDXU6E

Alan Carr Chatty Man: Interview with Nicki, staged as the show guest. Well, there is a lot of acting going on here. But Nicki gets to prove that her British is not limited (with a glottal stop) to few sentences. And the laughter is real! November 2, 2012: youtube.com/watch?v=HnJodvt3X68

„The Passion of Nicki Minaj: The world’s biggest female rap superstar has meticulously crafted her own image — and maintained it with uncompromising control.” Read a sophisticated yet reflective portrait of Nicki Minaj, an attempt to look behind things as they appear, in The New York Times Magazine by Vanessa Grigoriadis. October 7, 2015.

features on power fm – Breakfast Club and beyond:

Press Conference: These twenty minutes go deeper than what we most here about her: the famous interview with Charlamagne Tha ‚God‘ of the 105.1 Power fm Breakfast Club which has exclusively been published as a track on the special edition of Roman Reloaded in April 2012. Nicki talks about her self concept as a business woman in the pop-industry, her thoughts on having kids and being independent, her goals as a rapper and her vision for women’s education and our social power. (audio):

part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=UYyOfiV9nqY

part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=1m_XY0SKHnc

Breakfast Club I:“This is family right here“, Breakfast Club Interview 105,1 power fm, 2012:

youtube.com/watch?v=0JFbf2DTjlY

Breakfast Club II: Women being critical and assertive and who deny to discuss their sexuality in public are perceived as judgemental and „bitchy“ most of the time. Watch Nicki Minaj turn down that threat and take her right to be a powerful superstar at her second Breakfast Club Interview 105,1 power fm, 2013:

youtube.com/watch?v=JAPmSpfupQw

the Breakup: In 2014 Nicki and her longtime partner Safaree split up and ended their relationship after 10 years. As they never publicly celebrated their love due to career- related considerations, the breakup ironically becomes the occasion where certain journalists get to ask questions. Both, Nick and Safaree, show that this love is real and that they actually are really going through something. If you ever went through a breakup, you’ll recognize real, listening to them. Also, they both struggle with the tension of being loyal and feeling the need to stand their ground a show pride at the same time.

So, this is not gossip, but a sympathetic attestation that 1. a man can be the backbone to a women’s career and still be strong and proud, and 2. Nick is the kind and emotional person some of us want to see in her, and 3. the sexual performance of a rapper and their personal life are not the same. the former is part of their art, and this to me makes her even more amazing.

watch/listen to:

Nick in conversation with Angie Martinez (Dec 2014):

youtube.com/watch?v=zj8N2ZS2fto

Safaree, giving his first interview in his own right, trusting the Breakfast Club’s team with the intimate and honest perspective of a proud man who knows the worth of his work (Jan 2015):

youtube.com/watch?v=_GU6woyZfug

Interview with Funk Flex @ Hot97, August 2018: